This Lullaby-Sarah Dessen.

Such a good book. Sarah Dessen may be added to my favorite authors list.

I just started to readBreaking Dawn I am not a big fan of the series but I have to finish what I started so we will see...

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot - 3 stars

I read this book very quickly. It varies greatly from the movie, but I definitely expected that. I found Mia's character to be very whiny in the book and she kind of annoyed me. But, all in all, I still enjoyed the story enough to consider reading the second one.

Well I finished The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. I gave it 3 stars.
Here is my review:
What I liked most about the book is that the book describes what each girl is feeling and what they are thinking. It is also very unpredictable. It is impossible to tell what is going to happen next. Bridgets story was the most touching and enjoyable as was Tibby's story. But Lena and Carmen are whiners in this book and it really got on my nerves. It ties up loose ends, which is nice, but doesn't maintain the independence each girl had before.

I read Bogus to Bubbly by Scott Westerfeld and gave it 4 stars. My review:

I'm so glad I finally found this ^^ Scott's blog always entertains me greatly, and this was no different. A really great guide to the Uglies series, summing up anything you might have been confused or curious about, and also a good refresher course (I really want to read the series again now that I have a bit of "insider knowledge"). There were also some really interesting facts included that I found fascinating - like how our friends and family forget how ugly we are after spending so much time with us. Hahaha.

Also: can't wait for Leviathan!! :D

"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by J.K. Rowling. (or am I on the wrong page of the list?)
I enjoyed the way this book treated the fairytales so much like "Muggles" fairytales. They are short, teach morals, and except for one "The Warlock's Hairy Heart" which seems to favor Grimm's fairytales, they are all fine for children. I also found the comments taken from Dumbledore's notes interesting.

Twilight - 4 stars

I surprised myself by thoroughly enjoying it. It followed a somewhat heavier book and I found it a fun and light read. I can see why the popularity with teens and I will endeavour to read the whole series at some time.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4 stars

I really liked the beginning of the book (which is as far as I read as a kid) but then defitely had to push myself through the middle portion. I started to give it 3 stars but it is such a classic and definitely something I'd want my daughter to read (if I had one that is!) someday.

I really thought I'd be able to get through a few more YA books this month but it just doesn't seem to be happening. I finished Tweak on New Year's Eve so that doesn't count for this one. Maybe one month I'll have more than one book from the list!

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 3 Stars

I was hoping to like this book much more than I did, but I did not. I felt like it was so drawn out and I could not wait to finish it and move on to something else. I did watch the movie years ago with Wiona Ryder and Clares Danes and did enjoy that more that the book.

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) by Philip Pullman 5 stars

As I'm usually not a big fan of YA category, I wasn't expecting much, but I really enjoyed this trilogy, which in my opinion is only a YA read because of the young age of the protagonists. I especially loved the last book.

Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr. So far, so good! Wicked Lovely was incredible, but I like the romance in this one more. ;)

I read:

Four More Degrees - Malcolm Rose
Animal Lab - Malcolm Rose
The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K.Rowling

From our GoodReads authors:
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston (read end of Dec, sorry, I just wanted to mention these authors, I'm not in a January contest)
Echoes by Erin Grady aka Erin Quinn (Jan)
Easy Innocence by Libby Fischer Hellmann (Jan)